Richard Barton was born on June 2,1967 and is an American internet entrepreneur who is the co-executive chairman and a former two-time chief executive officer of Zillow Group, a company he co-founded in 2006.
12 Facts About Rich Barton
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Rich Barton founded the online travel photography sharing website and app Trover, which was acquired by Expedia in 2016.
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Rich Barton was a venture partner at Benchmark, and is on the board of directors for Netflix, Avvo, Nextdoor, and Artsy.
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Rich Barton serves on the Stanford University Board of Trustees.
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Rich Barton, raised in New Canaan, Connecticut, is the son of a teacher and mechanical engineer.
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Rich Barton graduated from Stanford University in 1989 with a degree in engineering.
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Rich Barton first worked for Alliance Consulting Group, and in 1991, began working for Microsoft as product manager for MS-DOS 5.0.
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Rich Barton, who was familiar with text-based internet services of the time, had come across an online service hosted on Prodigy designed for travel agents working from home.
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Rich Barton pitched the idea of an online travel booking service to Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Nathan Myhrvold.
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Rich Barton served as CEO through Expedia's initial public offering in 1999, and stayed in the position until 2003, after the company was acquired for $3.6 billion.
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In February 2020, Rich Barton became a billionaire according to Forbes, after reporting strong earnings at Zillow.
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Rich Barton was CEO of the company from its founding until 2010, returned to the position in 2019, and transitioned to the role of co-executive chairman in August 2024.